I love listening to the podcasts cause I can do it when I'm cooking, cleaning, driving and so on. 

I'm a huge book wonk, and enjoy swimming, the outdoors in general, home brewing, travel, and cooking/bbq.My goals, to start, at least:Never stop learningNetwork - Partner - Develop relationships in the areaIncome - Income - IncomeDeveloping systems and working on time managementRehab jobs on the side to add to the ability to produce #3"Retire" from my day job by 40I'm also quite interested in personal finance topics, as well as harnessing the power of technology and data to make quick decisions; although I generally abhor black boxes.

.- If you are looking for a 10% cash on cash return from a currently performing asset in Manhattan you are looking for a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow.

obviously I won't take a plane at this point to anywhere unless something big is cooking and at the same time how would you know?

How do I sweaten the pot for this guy so I can still profit on this?

Their cooking, their TV shows, their romantic proclivities...you are going to hear, see and smell a lot of it. 

You didn't put a time limit on your offer, send an addedum to the offer with a time limt that tells them to do business or get off the pot, I don't care who they are, no seller will leave leave me hanging and I've bought all kinds of secondary market REO properties.

We're like the frog in the pot with the water temp slowly being turned up, and we keep on just sitting there and taking it.

You can certainly buy an old mobile, fix it up and seller fiance the deal so long as you are in compliance with the new laws.Considering, IMO, that most of the old Lonnie deals were pawned off on buyers who lacked credit, income, assets or a pot to spit in in some cases, these folks, as great as they may be, won't qualify in many cases in front of a RMLO, just a hunch.

Rumor is Cook County (Which is set for July 7th I think) will be the largest ever for a scavenger.